BEAM Them Together: Employing the Background, Exhibit, Argument, and Method Model to Connect Research and Writing

Rachel Scott, University of Memphis

Librarians cope with the frustration of having limited classroom time with music students and limitless learning goals. We struggle to address all faculty requests and also connect students to the underlying research theories and practices. BEAM (Background, Exhibit, Argument, and Method) is “a rhetorical vocabulary for teaching research-based writing.” The BEAM model asks students to consider how they will use a given resource in the context of their project and to reflect on their specific information needs as they evaluate and select sources. This presentation will detail how librarians across disciplines have appropriated BEAM, explain how BEAM was incorporated into a music bibliography assignment, and discuss special considerations for music sources.

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2019 MLA Conference in St. Louis

About MLA

The Music Library Association is the professional association for music libraries and librarianship in the United States. Founded in 1931, it has an international membership of librarians, musicians, scholars, educators, and members of the book and music trades. Complementing the Association’s national and international activities are eleven regional chapters that carry out its programs on the local level.